Your tea money supports a good cause, the kittens get used to lots of people, you get to play with kittens, and if you’re really, really lucky, you manage to get away without the firm and absolute conviction that you must come back as soon as the lot of kittens you played with is old enough to be adopted out, in order to snag one for yourself! 😉

Those of us who were kitten inclined had a wonderful afternoon of kitten playtime, kitten cuddles, tea, cake, more kittens, photos of kittens, wishing we could adopt all the kittens…

And, I’m sure you’re all thinking ‘that’s nice, now MAKE WITH THE KITTEN PICTURES’

Thank you for what you do! Socialization is key for adaptability. Many animal shelters actively seek volunteers to hang out with cats and dogs. Even just visiting a shelter is important, because they collect numbers of visitors which they use to apply for funding!

Thanks for doing your part to help the kittens–and I will give my rescue dog a scratch in your honor.

My son’s summer camp does something like this. They call it Meowtown; they take in a bunch of kittens at the start of the summer, and as part of their camp duties the kids help look after the kittens and get them socialized.

It’s a sleepaway camp. The kids are usually there for a week or two, so they get a chance to get to know the different kittens.

There’s an actual process in place where the councillors check the campers’ gear before they go home to make sure no one ‘accidentally’ packs a kitten when they leave.